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Chicago: Men accused of plotting attacks around NATO summit

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Three activists who travelled to Chicago for a NATO summit were accused of manufacturing Molotov cocktails in a plot to attack President Barack Obama's campaign headquarters, Mayor Rahm Emanuel's home and other targets.

 

But defense lawyers shot back Saturday that Chicago police had trumped up the charges to frighten peaceful protesters away, telling a judge it was undercover officers known by the activists as "Mo" and "Gloves" who brought the firebombs to a South Side apartment where the men were arrested. (AP)

 

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